NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyware, the
industry's only Virtual Cyber Fusion Center Platform provider
featuring next-generation SOAR technology, today announced
that it received follow-on investment to its Series A funding
round.
Due to overwhelming demand for its Cyber Fusion Center platform
technology, the oversubscribed funding round features proven
cybersecurity leaders including: Greg
Clark, Managing Director of Crosspoint Capital Partners and
CEO of Forescout; Andrew Peterson,
CEO and Co-founder, Signal Sciences and Zane Lackey, Co-founder, Signal Sciences,
recently acquired by Fastly (NYSE: FSLY); and Tom Noonan, Founder and CEO of Internet Security
Systems (ISS), (NASDAQ:ISSX) acquired by IBM (NYSE: IBM) and
Endgame, acquired by Elastic (NYSE: ESTC).
"I'm personally ecstatic that Cyware has been able to recruit
the world's most intelligent and strategic cybersecurity industry
practitioners to play a pivotal role in our aggressive growth,"
said Anuj Goel, CEO and Founder,
Cyware. "Adding the breadth of experience to the Cyware team will
support the build-out of a sustainable and scalable cybersecurity
business."
Greg Clark, Managing Director of
Crosspoint Capital Partners and CEO of Forescout, has held
executive leadership roles at globally-recognized cybersecurity
firms, including serving as CEO and Board of Director of Symantec
Corporation, which followed
his role as CEO of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. He's served in
leadership roles with Thoma Bravo,
IBM, and other successful cybersecurity firms and serves on
multiple boards. "Cyware is light years ahead of the market in
terms of delivering intelligent automation and orchestration to
security teams," said Clark, who invested in Cyware through
Crosspoint Capital Partners.
Tom Noonan has held numerous
cybersecurity leadership, advisory and investment roles, where he
has scaled companies successfully. Notably, he served as the
Founder and CEO of Internet Security Systems (ISS), which was acquired by IBM, and
Endgame, which was acquired by Elastic NV. He currently holds board
positions with a number of cyber and software firms. "The
excitement around Cyware is contagious within the cybersecurity
market," said Noonan, who also invested in Cyware. "Cyware has done
a masterful job at pinpointing the pain around orchestrating threat
intelligence, case management and automated response, for teams
looking to optimize security operations."
A recognized leader in Information Security as CEO and
Co-founder of Signal Sciences, Andrew
Peterson led the $825M sale of
Signal Sciences to Fastly, and now leads the Fastly security
practice. Prior to Signal Sciences, he's led high-performance
product and sales teams at firms including Etsy, Google, and the
Clinton Foundation. He's also a noted author with O'Reilly
publishing. "Cyware is the very definition of innovation in the
security operations center, and is taking a unique approach to
making cyber teams smarter and faster," said Peterson, who invested
in Cyware.
Zane Lackey, Co-founder of Signal
Sciences, (acquired by Fastly), is well-known in the cybersecurity
industry and serves on multiple advisory boards and is an investor
in modern cybersecurity and DevOps companies. Lackey is a
recognized author for O'Reilly publishing, and has been on the
forefront of the DevOps/Cloud movement across multiple firms,
including his role as CISO of Etsy. "Cyware is removing complexity
from a complex set of challenges faced by every cybersecurity team
today," said Lackey, who also invested in Cyware. "The ability to
get smarter and faster within the SOC is critical to the success of
any cyber team. Cyware's innovation simplifies how teams can build
Cyber Fusion Centers."
This announcement comes a week after Cyware announced two
executive appointments to the leadership team.
About Cyware
Cyware helps enterprise cybersecurity teams build
platform-agnostic virtual cyber fusion centers. Cyware is transforming security operations by
delivering the cybersecurity industry's only Virtual Cyber Fusion
Center Platform with next-generation SOAR (security orchestration,
automation, and response) technology. Built on innovation designed
by SecOps practitioners and cybersecurity leaders, Cyware offers
multiple technologies within its next-generation platform,
including advanced threat intelligence solutions (TIP) for large
and small security teams, vendor-agnostic security automation
(SOAR), and security case management. As a result, organizations
are able to increase speed and accuracy while reducing costs and
analyst burnout. Cyware's Virtual Cyber Fusion solutions make
secure collaboration, information sharing, and enhanced threat
visibility a reality for enterprises, sharing communities
(ISAC/ISAO), MSSPs, and government agencies of all sizes and
needs.
To learn more about Cyware, visit cyware.com.
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